Gabrielle Pouchelon is a developmental neurobiologist who joined Cold Spring Harbor laboratory (CSHL) as an assistant professor in 2022. She obtained her Ph.D. from the University of Geneva in Denis Jabaudon’s lab and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Gordon Fishell’s lab at New York University, Harvard Medical School and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. Her postdoctoral work was supported by fellowships from organizations, such as the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) and the Swiss National Science Foundation.

Pouchelon’s research focuses on understanding the interplay between environmental cues and molecular programs involved in the assembly of neural circuits, as well as unraveling the implications of this balance in neurodevelopmental conditions. Inputs to cortical sensory areas are known to regulate excitatory/inhibitory balance during development, a balance that is disrupted in neurodevelopmental conditions such as autism spectrum disorder and fragile X syndrome.

The Pouchelon laboratory employs an integrated approach, utilizing techniques ranging from neuroimaging to electrophysiology and molecular methods to study the role of developmental activity modulators and downstream molecular effectors.